2009/12/24 Rex <[email protected]>: > Jean-Louis Oneto wrote: >> >> Hello, >> Around here (Provence, France), to describe a very steepy land, one say >> that the inhabitants need to attach nets to the hen *ss to avoid egg from >> rolling downhill... >> Of course, it not electronic and don't solve the "timing" part of the >> question, but since the original questin was _where_, that could a >> traditional approach... >> Best regards, >> Jean-Louis > > I had a friend who was fond of telling strange stories. One night he told me > about a very steep mountainous region. They had a special breed of cows > there that had evolved to have the legs on one side of their body longer > than the legs on the other side. This allowed them to stand comfortably on > the very steep mountain sides. > > Yes, (I replied in kind) I know about these cows. They actually evolved into > two separate breeds: the clockwise and the counter clockwise. [See I got a > tentative timing reference in there.] The difference between the clockwise > and counter clockwise depended on whether the legs were longer on the left > side or the right side. The two types of cows could not cross breed because > if a clockwise bull tried to breed with a counter clockwise cow, he would > tumble down the mountain.
Sounds a bit like the male android with a right-hand thread trying to have baby bots with a left-handed thread female android. Apparently this proved to be extremely frustrating and the downfall of the pair. 73, Steve > I guess it is the holiday time frame bringing this out. Merry Christmas. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD A man with one clock knows what time it is; A man with two clocks is never quite sure. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
